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The more you give the more you are blessed!

Today is the nineteenth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. It signified the day when Guan Yin Boddhisattva left her home for the monastery as her first path to enlightenment.

On such an auspicious day as today, my husband and I, like thousands of Guan Yin’s devotees, made our way to the nearest Guan Yin’s temple in town centre, namely the Wei Zhen Gong Guan Yin Temple at Jalan Maharajalela, a short distance from the monorail stop and a walking distance from our home in Pudu.

It was our first visit to this charming and beautiful temple which was actually located on a hill overlooking the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall. From the temple’s ground, you could get a panoramic view of busy Jalan Maharajalela.

After paying our homage to the deities inside the temple, we decided to have vegetarian lunch at the canteen located just beside the temple. It was a spacious and windy place. On a long table there laid trays and trays of vegetarian foods served by a few volunteers who were doing it on voluntary basis.

We were enjoying our food and the scenery when I overheard a conversation between an elderly couple that sat next to us at the same table.

The man was grumbling to the lady, “That fat woman who served rice had a bad attitude.”

His partner chipped in, “Yes, I think she was very stingy in distributing the food away.”

“Why they are so stingy, the food does not belonged to them privately, but to the public who donated it to the temple?” she continued.

“The fat woman who served rice to me said ‘enough’ when I needed more as I was really hungry. This is not the first time she acted this way,” the man purposely complained loudly, hoping that fat woman could hear what he was complaining about.

“It is only fair to let everyone have enough to eat to fill up their stomachs,” the lady answered.

“Those volunteers are actually creating some bad Karma for themselves. Instead of being rewarded for their kind work, they are actually creating negative vibes for themselves,” he opined.

“If my stomach is full and I cannot take in anymore, I will reject any surplus, even if they serve me dragon meats!” he said sarcastically.

“If they are more generous with the foods, it is better than them reciting prayers!” he ended his complain bitterly.

Although I do not know them at all, I think they got a point. I cannot help but to agree with them both. I believed it is always more blessed to give, especially when it comes to food, for food is a blessing. It is always good to give food to needy people. You give blessing to others and you will receive manifold blessings in return.

Simply, in Buddhism, the more you give, the more you are blessed. And what is more blessed than to relieve the hunger of those in need of some food to fill up their gnawing stomachs?

It is a pity this bunch of volunteers does not practice the basic of Buddha’s teaching, and that is compassion to other’s needs.

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